Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary Minor
Professors — Judy Martin, Illene Noppe, Laura Riddle, Sandra M. Stokes, Lynn Walter
Associate Professors — Angela Bauer-Dantoin (chair), Francis Carleton, Heidi Fencl, Victoria Goff, Aeron Haynie, Catherine Henze, Sarah Meredith, E. Nicole Meyer, Kim Nielsen, Lisa Poupart, Denise Sweet
Assistant Professors — Alison Gates, Rebecca Meacham, Jolanda Sallmann, Kristin Vespia
Web site: www.uwgb.edu/wstudies/
Women's Studies Minor Requirements | Course Descriptions
Women’s studies explores women’s past and present contributions to societies as persons, creators, and thinkers. It also explores the cultural, racial, and economic diversity of women’s experiences as well as the scholarship concerned with the factors that affect women’s lives. The minor prepares students to think critically about issues with which they will be faced all of their lives. Thus, women’s studies is an essential component of a liberal arts education.
Women’s studies draws upon methods and content from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, literature and the arts, biology, economics, history, political science, psychology, religion and sociology. It seeks to extend students’ intellectual development by helping them to understand women’s accomplishments and capabilities, and by looking beyond the limits of traditional gender-differentiated roles.
Any student may elect women’s studies as a minor in addition to a disciplinary or inter-disciplinary major. The minor is excellent preparation for further study in law as well as for graduate programs in women’s studies, psychology, social work, literature and education. Graduates with women’s studies minors are working in a variety of fields, including business, child and family services, education, journalism and social service administration.